@pivic@bookstodon I hate Goodreads, I had an account in its early days and loved how I could add all the books I own to an online library, but a lot of the reviews are just mean. I deleted my account a long time ago. I've read about the recent review bomb campaigns against new authors and it's awful but not surprising. It's such a toxic culture there.
The thing about Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop’s mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors is: sometimes it’s a validating experience to see yourself in literature, and other times it’s like “oh shit it’s ME” 😅 JONATHAN ABERNATHY YOU ARE KIND by Molly McGhee falls into the latter category, as I read in deep embarrassment at seeing myself on these pages! @bookstodon
Review: Paladin's Faith by T. Kingfisher
Come for the plot drama, stay for the intriguing developments in fantasy world theology says @chloroform_tea at the @NerdsofaFeather blog today
Chemically Imbalanced: Everyday Suffering, Medication, and Our Troubled Quest for Self-Mastery
Chemically Imbalanced is a field report on how ordinary people dealing with common problems explain their suffering, how they're increasingly turning to the thin and mechanistic language of the "body/brain," and what these encounters might tell us.
#WritersCoffeeClub
Dec 18th: Will you read over the holidays? What book will you choose?
I'll probably read a few more short stories from the Gothic Fantasy collection or from one of my Library of America books. #AmReading@bookstodon#Bookstodon
12/18/23 — Open 6-9p. Mask recommended. No open containers, please.
I don't have much to say about these 2 great books. These ladies do just fine speaking for themselves. Hear what they have to say in these stories, here now!
Read MISLAID IN PARTS HALF-KNOWN by Seanan McGuire if you love thrift stores, maple syrup, reunions, mischiefs of magpies, classrooms, nonsense, running as fast as you can, dinosaurs, goblins, beautiful girls, seeking justice, vegetarian food, croquet, crushes, and goodbyes.
Book sales are slumping and if you're not a celebrity author, your publisher won't do much to promote your work. For The Walrus, Tajjia Isen writes about how "the finicky labour of trying to bottle hype is largely offloaded onto writers," and how all this affects the kind of titles publishers acquire, and the books readers end up buying.
my novelette "Jay Moriarty Violates the Official Secrets Act," a modern-day queer reinterpretation of Sherlock Holmes' nemesis, is free on Smashwords until January 1: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1436835